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23 august 2017 Issue 85

Lionsgate ups theme park game with South Korea development

A fully-fledged Lionsgate theme and towns based on Lionsgate park is in the works, after plans IPs. Each area will also were announced to develop the include themed restaurants, new attraction at the recentlycafés, souvenir shops and opened Jeju Shinhwa World. theatrical performances. Called Lionsgate Movie World, Development is expected to the development at Jeju Shinhwa start in 2018, with a scheduled – one of South Korea’s largest opening date of 2019. Lionsgate integrated resorts – will span Movie World will join a number 122,000sq m (1.3 million sq ft) of entertainment options at Jeju and will be the largest LionsgateShinhwa, which opened earlier branded attraction to date. this year. The resort, which Split into seven zones, each based offers Four Seasons, Marriott on a different Lionsgate movie, IPs and Somerset-branded hotels, The Hunger Games will be among the IPs featured in the park in the park will include The Hunger also has an array of leisure and Games, Twilight and Now You entertainment options including the park – which will be Lionsgate’s See Me, as well as the upcoming Robin Hood, a waterpark, theme parks, a destination first branded outdoor theme park – will which comes to cinemas in March 2018. spa, an international style casino and a Developer Landing International include a number of rides, attractions K-pop entertainment centre. More: http://lei.sr?a=j4h3h_A Development Limited has confirmed and 4D experiences, as well as streets

Tech start up creates world’s first brain-controlled VR system Tech startup Neurable has taken virtual reality to the next level, creating computer interfaces for the brain to allow users to control the technology using only the power of their minds. Showcased at the recent Siggraph event in Los Angeles, the Boston-based Neurable uses EEG (Electroencephalography) sensors combined with eye-tracking technology to allow users to interact with virtual objects through cerebral activity – creating a brain computer interface (BCI). “Our approach is science-driven and cross disciplinary, incorporating elements of neuroscience, biology, statistics, machine learning and design to create the ultimate user interface,” said Neurable CEO and president, Ramses Alcaide. “With Neurable, mixed reality can finally achieve its full potential.”

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For the Siggraph event, Neurable debuted Awakening, a VR game preview likened to the show Stranger Things and made in partnership with eStudiofuture. In the game, the player is a child held prisoner in a government facility. The player discovers they have gained telekinetic powers and must use them to defeat robot guards and free themselves from the lab. The game is played entirely without use of a handheld controller. “In the long run, we expect that AR/ VR headset companies will integrate brain sensors directly into their products,” said Michael Thompson, vice president of Neurable. “What the touch interface became to smart phones, BCIs will become to mixed reality headsets.” The VR is controlled through brain power